Our favorite Democrat (who’s racking up that Republican voting record for her next election) is explaining one of her recent conservative votes: “I think there was a realization that until we get enough votes to overcome the president, all that we would be doing is risking the men and women on the ground not getting [...]
Entries from May 2007
Republican Claire Explains Her Votes
May 31st, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Senator McCaskill
Graves Seat High On Dem’s List
May 31st, 2007 · No Comments
Democrat Congressional Campaign Chairman, Chris Van Hollen let Missouri Republicans know how much he would be focusing on Rep. Graves’ seat in 08. If it was so important, you’d think they would pick a better candidate than the rash Queen Kay.
Tags: Rep. Sam Graves
Who Will It Be?
May 31st, 2007 · 1 Comment
From The Columbia Tribune: The University of Missouri Board of Curators is gathering for the next two days in a meeting that might determine the next president of the four-campus system. The Associated Press, quoting interim president Gordon Lamb, said today a decision was likely by tomorrow. Nobody knows for sure who will emerge as [...]
Tags: Rep. Kenny Hulshof
MOGOP: Barnes Backed Fuel Tax Increase in 2002
May 31st, 2007 · No Comments
MOGOP press release: JEFFERSON CITY – In a stunning example of hypocrisy, Kay Barnes today decried higher gas prices even though she backed a 4 percent tax increase on motor vehicle fuel in 2002. Not surprisingly, voters overwhelmingly disagreed with Barnes’ position by rejecting Proposition B at the polls. But if Barnes had her way [...]
Tags: Decision '08 · Kay Barnes
You Scratch My Back, I’ll Scratch Yours
May 31st, 2007 · No Comments
Citizens Against Government Waste has just published a comprehensive list of the 447 earmarks worth $7.6 billion in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, H.R. 1585. The bill is one of the first to fall under a new House rule that requires public disclosure of an earmark’s sponsor, recipient, amount, and justification. [...]
Tags: Rep. Kenny Hulshof · Rep. Russ Carnahan · Rep. Todd Akin
National Journal: “The Scales Of Justice”
May 31st, 2007 · No Comments
Is this a news article or opinion piece? How a Missouri Republican operative interacted with the Justice Department in pursuit of a partisan agenda. By Murray Waas In the closing weeks of Missouri’s tight 2006 U.S. Senate race, the U.S. attorney in Little Rock, Ark., took the unusual step of revealing that his office’s investigation [...]
Tags: Media Bias
